Phillies @ Dodgers NLCS Game 4 Thread

by **ucancallmedavis** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 16:25:23

Shore wrote:The Torres deserve this game, because people in their family die sometimes, and other times, they don't.

My vote for funniest post of the night.. page 82....

by **lowcountry** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 16:43:24

Funniest of the night? I'm sticking with "That would have been out at CBP" posted about Stairs' bomb during the discussion of whether Vic's homer would have been out at CBP.

by **Woody** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 16:43:25

CFP wrote:
Barry Jive wrote:
CFP wrote:Daily News headline would almost assuredly be "Stairs' way to heaven", right?

Zolecki is reading this thread

MLB.com had that headline, too..

by **bleh** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 17:57:40

Chase pics:

by 1 » Tue Oct 14, 2008 21:01:08

by **VoxOrion** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 21:18:47

They almost look like Mets.

Almost.

by 1 » Tue Oct 14, 2008 21:19:27

by **Marion** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 08:32:21

Well done

by **Woody** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 08:51:07

bleh wrote:Chase pics:

Holy crap, who knew

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 09:22:22

Woody wrote:
CFP wrote:
Barry Jive wrote:
CFP wrote:Daily News headline would almost assuredly be "Stairs' way to heaven", right?

Zolecki is reading this thread

MLB.com had that headline, too..

wait what?

by **Woody** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 09:23:14

Houshphandzadeh wrote:
Woody wrote:
CFP wrote:
Barry Jive wrote:
CFP wrote:Daily News headline would almost assuredly be "Stairs' way to heaven", right?

Zolecki is reading this thread

MLB.com had that headline, too..

wait what?

(the daily news image is different today) I think they just replace the cover file everyday with the same name. Yesterday the image said "Stairsway to Heaven"

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 09:27:42

joke, interrupted

by **Woody** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 09:31:30

by **phdave** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 00:31:50

phdave wrote:Do not go gentle into that Game 5,
Fans should burn and rave at Russell Martin;
Rage, rage against the 2 run lead.

Though wise fans at their end know dark is right,
Because their cheers had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that Game 5.

Good fans, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail cheers might have danced in a green field,
Rage, rage against the 2 run lead.

Wild fans who caught the bandwagon in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that Game 5.

Grave fans, near death, who forget 1980
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the 2 run lead.

And you, my team, there without momentum,
Curse, bless us now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that Game 5.
Rage, rage against the 2 run lead.

MVP = me

by **CrashburnAlley** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 13:19:23

Joe Posnanski: Matt Stairs solidifies place as greatest journeyman slugger

On Sept. 28 Stairs faced Washington rookie pitcher Marco Estrada, who became an unwitting partner in history. Sort of. Estrada threw the slider that did not slide, and Stairs unleashed the hangover swing he picked up one too-bright and too-early morning in Tucson. He yanked the ball into the right field seats. He stomped around the bases. That was the 254th home run of Matt Stairs career.

And with that, Stairs became the greatest journeyman slugger in history.

Of course, it depends how you appraise a baseball journeyman. I say you have to play for at least 10 teams. That's a nice round number. Stairs, like the Spinal Tap amp, goes to 11. He began his career in Montreal, playing for a team that no longer exists. After that it was a month or so in Boston, five rebellious years in Oakland, a party at Wrigley, a layover in Milwaukee and enough time for a few Primanti Brothers sandwiches in Pittsburgh. He became a fan favorite during some dry years in Kansas City, pit stopped in Texas, spent a weekend or two in Detroit, came back home to Toronto* and finally, all things considered, found he'd rather be in Philadelphia. That's 11.

[...]

Fifteen days later -- on Monday -- Stairs dusted off the hangover swing and unloaded one more time, this time turning on Los Angeles closer Jonathan Broxton's 95-mph fastball, murdering it, a three-run homer that gave Philadelphia Game 4 of the National League Series and perhaps crushed the spirit of the seemingly destined Dodgers. This time, everybody noticed.

by **JFLNYC** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 13:50:18

phdave wrote:
phdave wrote:Do not go gentle into that Game 5,
Fans should burn and rave at Russell Martin;
Rage, rage against the 2 run lead.

Though wise fans at their end know dark is right,
Because their cheers had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that Game 5.

Good fans, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail cheers might have danced in a green field,
Rage, rage against the 2 run lead.

Wild fans who caught the bandwagon in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that Game 5.

Grave fans, near death, who forget 1980
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the 2 run lead.

And you, my team, there without momentum,
Curse, bless us now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that Game 5.
Rage, rage against the 2 run lead.

MVP = me

I can't argue argue against such poetry (of which I'm totally incapable). But on a more prosaic note, after never having started a game thread before, I've started 8 this post-season and my record is 7-1.

by **philliesphhan** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 02:53:06

Woody wrote:
CFP wrote:
Barry Jive wrote:
CFP wrote:Daily News headline would almost assuredly be "Stairs' way to heaven", right?

Zolecki is reading this thread

MLB.com had that headline, too..

If only they put this up after Stairs HR. It would have been very confusing. (Picture may differ depending when you read this)

by **Drugs Delaney** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 04:46:33

by **VFB** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 00:33:27

by 1 » Thu Sep 03, 2009 23:29:30

i just put this DVD in. mmmmmmm

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